Fugitive arrested in girl's molestation

STOCKTON - Authorities acted quickly to apprehend a fugitive who returned to Stockton this week three months after investigators obtained an arrest warrant accusing him of molesting his ex-girlfriend's daughter, police said.

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Posted Oct. 31, 2013 at 12:01 AM

By The Record

Posted Oct. 31, 2013 at 12:01 AM

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STOCKTON - Authorities acted quickly to apprehend a fugitive who returned to Stockton this week three months after investigators obtained an arrest warrant accusing him of molesting his ex-girlfriend's daughter, police said.

Authorities allege that Chanyun Pech, 47, sexually assaulted the victim multiple times when she was between the ages of 6 and 12 years old. A $3 million warrant was issued for Pech's arrest in late July, but he fled to another state in August, police said.

Investigators from the Stockton Police Department received a tip Tuesday indicating that Pech had returned to Stockton to visit family, authorities said. Detectives notified a U.S. Marshals Service task force and provided them with information about Pech's possible whereabouts, police said.

Task force members saturated the area and spotted Pech in a car near Pyrenees Avenue and Cherbourg Way, authorities said. Pech was arrested without incident on suspicion of lewd acts upon a child 10 years of age or younger, police said. He is being held at San Joaquin County Jail on $3 million bail, according to jail records.